Conference Registration Desk & PowerPoint Manager's Desk Open from 7:30 - 12:00
Conference Registration and Information Desk Open from 7:30 - 12:00 Pick up your name badge and registration materials. PowerPoint Manager's Desk Open from 7:30-8:20 for support as required.
AM
PM
Thursday, August 27
Registration Check-in
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
4) Peter Froggatt Centre - 03/011
Quiet Room Open
This room is designated as a quiet interfaith prayer room, Indigenous friendship hub, space for nursing mothers, and any other individual needs.
Quiet Room
8:30 AM
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
2) Whitla Hall/Zoom Day 4
Virtual
Plenary
Introductory Remarks
AM
Opening
Announcements
Thursday, August 27
Whitla Hall
8:40 AM
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM
2) Whitla Hall/Zoom Day 4
Virtual
Plenary
Plenary Presention #5: Tammy Robinson-Smythe
View the recording here.
AM
Plenary Presentation
Thursday, August 27
Whitla Hall
9:20 AM
2 parallel sessions
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
1) Peter Froggatt Centre Ground Floor Foyer
Networking Break and Exhibitor Showcase
AM
Networking
Break
Thursday, August 27
Exhibitors
9:20 AM - 11:20 AM
3) South Dining Hall
Posters
Poster Room Open (Take-Down after 11:20)
Posters will be taken down after 11:20.
AM
PM
Poster
Thursday, August 27
10:00 AM
6 parallel sessions
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
A) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/026
Concurrent Session
A10 - Survival of the Fishiest: Traits That Tip the Scales I
AM
Concurrent Session
Thursday, August 27
Invasive Fish Traits
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
B) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/018
Concurrent Session
B10 - The Biology Beneath: Parasites and Pathogens in Aquatic Invasions
AM
Concurrent Session
Thursday, August 27
Parasites
Pathogens
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
C) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/025
Concurrent Session
C10 - Disease Vectors in Focus: Mosquito-borne Health Threats
AM
Concurrent Session
Health Impacts
Thursday, August 27
Disease Vectors
Mosquitoes
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
D) Peter Froggatt Centre - 03/017
Special Session and Workshop: Ballast Water and Biofouling
D10 - Workshop: Assessing Risk to Inform Ballast Water and Biofouling Regulations III
This workshop, in combination with the Special Session on Transcending Boundaries Between the Science and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Biofouling, aims to bridge the gap between research and policy, and to connect data needs and risk assessments with effective management and mitigation measures. Participants will be challenged to leverage and build on experience and lessons learned to improve the implementation of current ballast water management practices and advance new biofouling management policies.
AM
Ballast Water
Workshop
Biofouling
Thursday, August 27
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
E) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/017
Concurrent Session
E10 - Watching the Waters: Ecological Drivers of Aquatic Invasive Species Success
AM
Concurrent Session
Thursday, August 27
Pelagic Invasive Species
Ecological Drivers
10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
F) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/011
Concurrent Session
F10 - Beyond Habitats: From Genes to Ecosystems
AM
Concurrent Session
Thursday, August 27
Terrestrial Invasive Species
11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 1:00 PM
1) Peter Froggatt Centre Ground Floor Foyer
Networking Lunch and Exhibitors' Showcase
AM
PM
Networking
Lunch
Thursday, August 27
1:00 PM
5 parallel sessions
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
A) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/026
Concurrent Session
A11 - Survival of the Fishiest: Traits That Tip the Scales II
Concurrent Session
PM
Thursday, August 27
Invasive Fish Traits
1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
B) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/018
Workshop: Overcoming language barriers to improve work on AIS
B11 - Workshop: Overcoming Language Barriers to Improve Collaboration and Research on Aquatic Invasive Species
PM
Workshop
Thursday, August 27
Communication
1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
C) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/025
Concurrent Session
C11 - Shell We Worry? Battling the Bivalve Boom
Concurrent Session
PM
Mussels
Thursday, August 27
1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
D) Peter Froggatt Centre - 03/017
Special Session and Workshop: Ballast Water and Biofouling
D11 - Workshop: Assessing Risk to Inform Ballast Water and Biofouling Regulations IV
This workshop, in combination with the Special Session on Transcending Boundaries Between the Science and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Biofouling, aims to bridge the gap between research and policy, and to connect data needs and risk assessments with effective management and mitigation measures. Participants will be challenged to leverage and build on experience and lessons learned to improve the implementation of current ballast water management practices and advance new biofouling management policies.
PM
Ballast Water
Workshop
Biofouling
Thursday, August 27
1:00 PM - 2:20 PM
E) Peter Froggatt Centre - 02/017
Concurrent Session
E11 - Ahead of the Spread: Innovations in Predicting and Managing Aquatic Invasive Species
Concurrent Session
PM
Coastal Invasions
Monitoring
Thursday, August 27
Detection
Management
Innovations
2:00 PM
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
5) Whitla Hall
Special Session and Demo: Conservation Detection Dogs
Special Session: Conservation Detection Dogs - How Dogs Can Be Effectively Used as a Tool for Identifying Cryptic Aquatic INNS (Whitla Hall ONLY)
Whitla Hall Only.
PM
Thursday, August 27
Detection
Special Session
2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
5) Whitla Hall
Special Session and Demo: Conservation Detection Dogs